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Topclimber
$315.00 The ATN Topclimber is the only bosun chair that allows the operator to work ABOVE the mast head without leaving the chair. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See the article in the May 2003 issue of Sailing World by Emma Richard, one of the competitors of Around Alone, going aloft to repair her main halyard , at sea, for 4 hours with the ATN Topclimber, page 42-43. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended in Practical Sailor magazine Volume 27 #2, January 15, 2001 issue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How often did you think, "I should really check that masthead fitting, and the spreaders tips, and the halyards exits", but were stopped because of the lack of knowledgeable or willing help? You could do it like Mr. Jim Clark, owner of the 156' cutter "Hyperion" who had a mechanical ascending crow's nest fitted onto the 199' mast, but if you are a little lite on budget or mechanical help, the best way to solve that problem is the "TOPCLIMBER". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The "TOPCLIMBER" will allow you to get up your mast safely, quickly , using your leg muscles, without any outside help, even when the boat heels. [ Add to Cart] [ View Cart] |
Gale Sail
$0.00 PLEASE CONTACT sales@forummarine.com FOR PRICING The patented "Gale Sail" from ATN, inc. is the safest and easiest way to hoist a storm jib in storm conditions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended in Practical Sailor magazine Volume 23 #14, July 15, 1997 issue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Outstanding" -- says David Holton from Fairfield, CT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Add to Cart] [ View Cart] |
Spinnaker Sleeve$0.00 PLEASE CONTACT sales@forummarine.com for pricing "There is no question, the difference is worth it" -- Practical Sailor Magazine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ten years ago we first tried an ATN spinnaker sock on our 67-foot Sundeer. The result was extraordinary. The ATN system worked well enough for two of us to use our spinnaker more often than not on downwind passages. Today my wife Linda and I still use the ATN sock on our 78-foot Beowulf, and recommend it to all our clients. There simply is not a better way to handle a spinnaker." -- Steve Dashew / Sundeer Yachts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Anybody can get a sail up-- It takes a sailor to get it down" That statement is particularly true regarding the spinnaker. The problem is not to hoist the sail but to get it back on the boat. That's when the spinnaker sleeve makes the average sailboat owner a great sailor. Without any help, he makes that very powerful and expensive sail disappear with a minimum of fuss and trauma. And the sail is ready to be hoisted again immediately, no more packing! While it would seem that a spinnaker sleeve is a simple sailing tool, and that any one with a sewing machine could design and fabricate one, when dealing with large sails, the problems increase rapidly in complexity and cost. It is very plausible to get hurt or to inflict great injury to others, and to one's wallet, if the system used is inadequate. But there is no need to rub it in, especially at sea: it has to work and be reliable. [ Add to Cart] [ View Cart] |
Tacker - Size A - up to 33' boat - 45' Headstay$79.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We think the TACKER is a terrific way for casual sailors to get more use out of their spinnakers" ... "The inexpensive TACKER allows you to fly a conventional spinnaker without a pole" -- Practical Sailor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ATN difference is worth it. The patented "Tacker" has been developed to control the tack of the cruising spinnaker (asymmetric) by fastening it over the furled headsail and it allows you to use your conventional (symmetric) spinnaker like an asymmetric spinnaker from beam reaching to broad reaching without the need of the spinnaker pole. About the TACKER Here is the sequence: Attach the halyard to the spinnaker's head, the sheet to the spinnaker's clew, the downhaul to the spinnaker's tack where the TACKER has already been shackled, pass the TACKER around the furled headsail, clip the snap shackle onto the spinnaler's tack and hoist away. Trim the sheet and the downhaul and you are sailing. The downhaul, in most cases, can be replaced by a rope pennant always on the spinnaker's tack, making the operation even easier. Of course you can fly a spinnaker without a pole and without the TACKER, but bear in mind that a conventional spinnaker is designed to fly a couple of feet above the lifelines. Its foot (between the clew and the tack) should always be horizontal. Securing the spinnaker tack to the deck is not the best way to set the sail. It is too low and the spinnaker will chafe on the bow pulpit and lifelines. If you add a pennant or a downhaul, the spinnaker falls off to leeward and the pennant chafes on the pulpit and the sail looses its shape. That's when the TACKER saves the day. It holds the tack, and the luff, of the spinnaker close to the centerline of the boat and it can be adjusted up and down with the downhaul for a perfect trim. The NEW Tacker is now fitted with a snapshakle, which allows the operator to "blow the tack" of the spinnaker, making it even easier to control the sail. [ Add to Cart] [ View Cart] |
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Tacker - Size B - up to 48' boat - 65' Headstay $99.00 [ Add to Cart] [ View Cart] |
Tacker - Size C over 48' boat $109.00 [ Add to Cart] [ View Cart] |